Brian Michael Bendis came to attention through his crime comics including Torso, which he illustrated and cowrote with Marc Andreyko for Image in 1998. The project was optioned for film on January 12, 2006 and now, on December 15, Paramount Pictures’ option will expire. Since then, David Fincher (Seven) has signed on to direct the…
As a Humphrey Bogart fan, I was exposed to the delight that is [[[Sabrina]]] back in high school and fell in love with the romantic comedy. It has held up to repeated viewings through the years and makes you wonder why Paramount ever bothered to remake it. If you forget, it starred Harrison Ford and…
Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster has signed to direct World War Z for Paramount Pictures. The movie will adapt Max Brooks’ novel about “a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission [who] interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the [zombie] crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that…
At one point, Paramount Pictures commissioned work on a Star Trek opera as part of the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Novelists Judy and Garwood Stevens were at work on a story when cooler heads prevailed and the project was shelved. Now, Floris Schönfeld, from the Netherlands, has made it clear he’s at work on a Klingon…
DreamWorks outlined for The Hollywood Reporter which of the properties it retained after its divorce from Paramount are now on their “high-priority list”. Among them are a few genre properties including: Cowboys and Aliens: The adaptation of the Platinum Studios comic is still being written by now executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci. Ron…
Producer Ari Lerner told The Los Angeles Times that Brett Ratner was the “perfect” choice to direct a new version of Conan the Barbarian. "He has the passion and feeling for this project — he even wrote a story about Conan when he was 10 years old," Lerner said. "He understands the character; he analyzed…
The on-again, off-again sequel to Heavy Metal the animated feature appears to be on again. HM owner Kevin Eastman announced on his message board, “Well here we are again — and I’m trying to keep you up on the latest, without boring you with the 24/7 issues that are dealt with on this project. Regardless…
In what is becoming a new industry trend, British journalists were treated to a look at about 20 minutes of footage from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek coming May 8, 2009. Additionally, Paramount Pictures provided Entertainment Weekly with the first good look at the revamped U.S.S. Enterprise. In providing the image, Abrams spoke about watching Star…
Ridley Scott is going to Boardwalk in style. He is in talks with Universal to direct a movie based on the Parker Brothers’ classic Monopoly according to The Hollywood Reporter. Scott first announced his interest in the project on June 19, 2007. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride) is already at work on a screenplay for the…
After expressing interest in directing everything from the an adaptation of Valiant’s Harbinger to a feature film based on Guitar Hero, director Brett Ratner has finally chosen his next projects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rater is about to sign a deal to direct a new Conan the Barbarian film. The film will be co-produced…
Graphic artist Paul Pope’s Battling Boy has been optioned by Paramount Pictures for a feature film. The movie will be produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company according to Variety. The book, to be published by First Second in spring 2010, is a “gritty tale centers on the son of a god or superhero…
When last we left Tintin, he and Snowy were facing an uncertain future as the famed directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson wanted to turn his graphic novel adventures into at least two live-action films. The forces of corporate evil, though, saw to it that DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures were split asunder, leaving financing for…
